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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2023
We Gather TOGETHER By Susan Swagler
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HANKSGIVING DINNER IS A BELOVED TRADITION, but –
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let’s face it – it can be quite stressful. If you’re the one hosting this meal, that means days and days of work. But what if you begin to gather before actually gathering with your family and friends? What if you gathered every aspect of your dinner – from appetizers to sides to turkey to dessert – from local restaurants and caterers, bakers and makers? It’s not hard to outsource the entire meal, especially since we’ve done the sourcing for you. And it’s a perfectly delicious way to support local, women-owned businesses! See, WE GATHER, page 32
This holiday season, Stone Hollow Farmstread is offering Thanksgiving Community Supported Agriculture Farm Boxes featuring heirloom turkeys. Details page 32
Encore Mary Badham Returns to Her Hometown for Role in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
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By Donna Cornelius
ost audience members who see the stage version of “To Kill a Mockingbird” will recognize the man playing the role of lawyer Atticus Finch: the Emmy Award-winning Richard Thomas, who’s probably best known as John-Boy on the TV series “The Waltons.” But when the play comes to Birmingham this month, there’s another cast member who likely will be even more familiar to locals. She’s hometown girl Mary Badham, who was Scout Finch in the movie version Birmingham native Mary of Harper Badham, pictured in 2022, Lee’s famous turned in such a memorable novel and is now taking on performance in “To Kill a the part of Mrs. Mockingbird” that at age Henry Dubose, 10, she became the youngest person to be nominated for the Finches’ elderly, unlov- an Academy Award for a supporting role. able neighbor. The American Theatre Guild is presenting Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin’s new play, which is part of the 2023-2024 Broadway in Birmingham series. It will run at the BJCC Concert Hall Nov. 14 to 19. Lee’s novel, which came out in 1960, won the Pulitzer Prize the following year. Set in fictional Maycomb, Alabama – which mirrored Lee’s hometown of Monroeville – “To Kill a See ENCORE, page 8
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